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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1915
Page
4
The piece argues railroads boosted Iowa land values and farmer wealth, noting a 120 percent rise in farm land value from 1900 to 1914. It urges a square deal for railroads to sustain agricultural and national progress, warning that rate hikes would harm farmers and the economy. Paid adv. To be continued.
Young corn growers can select 30 cars with parental aid and submit exhibits to a bank box tagged with name and age. Premiums exclude previous winners. 10 ear classes score with no entry fee. multiple classes prize farm tools, subscriptions, and strawberry plants, with Phosphate and Acid Phosphate prizes from Armour and Chicago Fertilizer. Prof. Douglass will address phosphate use. winners may host farm visits and evaluations next fall.
Govert Hockert, Assessor, states he will be at Citizens' National Bank in Pella on Saturday afternoons to meet residents willing to aid in assessments and to meet landowners in town who own land in the township.
F Sjaardema sued Leigh ton Independent School District for seventy dollars eighty eight cents on a verbal contract from 1908 to build a schoolhouse. Trial by judge Talbott ended with motion to dismiss sustained and costs taxed against the plaintiff after settlement allowed work to resume and new contractor finished the building. The long dispute over the schoolhouse premises dates back years in Oskaloosa Herald.
A reader notes many prefer home prepared foods and highlights new kitchen device ideas designed for domestic use. The piece hints at practical benefits of in home manufacture and hints at innovations in household appliances.
An advertisement urges immediate treatment for colds and coughs and promotes guaranteed cough remedies. It cautions against underestimating colds and endorses various non narcotic options while highlighting trusted brands.
The article explains home roasting of coffee for immediate use, noting flavor retention when freshly roasted and a stove top roaster with an external handle that turns a paddle inside. It then provides a stuffed eggplant recipe with boiling, halving, stuffing from pulped flesh with breadcrumbs butter ham and chicken or veal, moistened with stock and baked with buttered crumbs.
Instructions describe baking the eggplant for one hour with frequent basting, removing it, and thickening the stock with browned flour. The sauce is poured around the eggplant on a hot dish, completing the preparation.
This excerpt describes shirred eggs baked in a hot dish until just heated. Melt butter, crack eggs carefully into a dish, season with salt and pepper, and cook about five minutes. Add a teaspoon of cream per two eggs for extra richness. can also be baked in individual dishes.
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